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...substantial Mormon population that migrated north from Utah in the 1860s, and the more remote northern areas, filled with Idaho's notorious militias and survivalists. At some level, resentment of government seems to unite the Idaho population, probably because the Feds own 65% of the state's land, including national forest and wilderness areas; and this year's hot-button issue is the huge Idaho National Engineering Laboratory and its store of "temporary" nuclear waste...
...Sunflower State is currently ruled by an entirely Republican congressional delegation, a tribute to one of the strongest G.O.P. traditions in the land: this top wheat-producing state has not had a Democratic Senator since 1939, and has voted for a Democratic President only once since 1940. But with both Senate seats and three of four House seats open, Kansas is now one of the most volatile states in the Union this election season--and the Democrats have nowhere to go but up. Some pundits even see the possibility of a Democratic congressional delegation from Kansas next year--a prospect...
Louisiana has an exceptional past: until the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the land that would become the state had been colonized mainly by French, Spanish and French-speaking Acadians, and it has the strongest French cultural inheritance of any of the states. Louisianans have unfortunately also been poorer than most Americans, and have remained so--as of 1994 the state ranked 47th in median household income. Tough economic times in the mid-'80s led Louisiana to lean Democratic at the same time other Southern states were leaning Republican. More recently, however, the G.O.P. has crept back, leaving the two major...
...Scandinavian roots are reflected in its strong individuals, respect for work and generous social programs. Minnesotans take care of their own--the top 78 of the state's companies contribute 5% of their earnings to charity--and citizens participate in their government via local precinct caucuses. It's the land of 10,000 lakes and the Mall of America, the home of the Mayo Clinic and the state bird, the loon. These days the state of moderate Hubert Humphrey is also home to one of the nation's most vociferous antiabortion groups, as well as its most liberal Senator...
Costley believes that the American Dream can be reinvigorated if families have economic security, reliable health care and, most of all, education. A good education, he says, is a person's only hope of bettering himself or herself. In a land where a ceo now makes 190 times more than an average worker, Costley believes we lose our greatest source of national pride. But good ideas from a candidate with no experience may still leave Costley with a tough race...